Streaming: Das verdrängte Tabu bei Strom und Ressourcen
Internet und Social Media funktionieren zunehmend über Datenstreaming. Filme, TV, Videos, Audios, Videochats und immer neue Anwendungen fluten auf uns ein: am Heimcomputer über Breitband-Internet und am Smartphone über 4G und zunehmend 5G. Der Datenfluss schwillt ungebremst an.
informaticaChinese court rules bitcoin mining harms the climate
A judge in Beijing quashed a bitcoin contract on the basis it was not in the public interest, citing incompatibility with China’s carbon neutrality goal A Chinese court has quashed a cryptocurrency mining contract on the grounds that the emissions it generates accelerate climate change.
Cina informaticaStanford Gets $1.1 Billion for New Climate School From John Doerr
David Gelles writes about climate change and business, and has interviewed hundreds of C.E.O.s in recent years. John Doerr, one of the most successful venture capitalists in the history of Silicon Valley, is giving $1.
informatica UsaClimate groups say a change in coding can reduce bitcoin energy consumption by 99%
Bitcoin mining already uses as much energy as Sweden, according to some reports, and its booming popularity is revitalizing failing fossil fuel enterprises in the US. But all that could change with a simple switch in the way it is coded, according to a campaign launched on Tuesday.
informaticaBitcoin miners revived a dying fossil fuel plant – then CO2 emissions soared
Environmentalists in Montana called it the “death watch”. Following years of financial losses one of the handful of remaining coal-fired power plants in the state appeared doomed, its likely fate offering a small but noteworthy victory in the effort to avoid disastrous climate change.
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